My goal, over the next five years, is to utilize real estate in lieu of my current hourly consulting income, by building a portfolio of rentals.  

I am changing the locks over on all of my units at each turnover.

They yield results, but I understand a lot of other people have jobs where they cannot spend so much time on their listings. 

The wealthy live where they want, the middle class live where they can afford, the poor live in whatever's left over.

I know how to use the basic features of QBO, as I do my own expense tracking, but my Bookkeeper is needed for the more complex entries (Loans, capital balances, reconciliation, data entry from PM monthly statements.)I spend almost 8k per year in QBO and Bookkeeping costs (Not including my accountant or tax prep.)

And you use a cleaning lady who spends 5 hours to reset the property for the next guest.

Etc.When I took over management, I've gone with providing more since having a well-stocked kitchen and house seems more consistent with the experience we want to provide.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

Spend the $25,000 on a deal not a consultant.

When I talked to a rep they said I could not be refunded that amount and now my trial has expired, so in order to spend my $48.61 I would need to spend $59 for the month.